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©Daisy Kates
Tiled Table
©Daisy Kates
Painting From Vessel Series
©Daisy Kates
Tripod "Tree" sculptures
7' H, clay, wood and steel
©Daisy Kates
Homage to Chet Baker
©Daisy Kates
Landscape (detail)
©Daisy Kates
Bowl
©Daisy Kates
Abstract Tile
©2010 Daisy Kates
A Song for Marina
About the Artist
Daisy's work is rooted in a modern tradition and includes one-of-a-kind
pottery and tile work, paintings and assemblages. Her images and
surfaces are abstract or have a pictorial reference. She utilizes a variety of
clays and glazes that range from bright colors to earthy browns,
depending on her desired mood for the piece. For the past several years
Daisy has predominantly been painting, sometimes incorporating ceramic
elements into her pieces. Her work is an expression of her personal
emotional subject matter. She has also produced several ceramic public
art murals and privately commissioned works.
In addition to being a studio artist, Daisy has been an educator of ceramic
arts in social service and school settings for over 40 years. She has
volunteered for a variety of local and international projects including
introducing pottery to an after-school program in a Black township in
South Africa and participating in a Potters for Peace brigade in Nicaragua.
Daisy graduated from the City College of New York with a Bachelor's
degree in Fine Art, and has attended innumerable workshops in ceramics
and other arts to augment her education. Her access to the museums and
galleries of New York City when she was growing up had an early influence
on her artistic development.
She began visiting New Mexico and attending art classes at UNM in the
mid-sixties. Daisy has lived in her small handmade house high in the
Placitas foothills since 1979 and her studio has panoramic views of the
Ortiz, Sandia, Jemez and Santa Fe mountains.
